12 Amendments of Jacek SARYUSZ-WOLSKI related to 2009/0108(COD)
Amendment 41 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 a (new)
Article 3 a (new)
Article 3a Long-term security of supply measures The Commission shall prepare the basis for an Early Warning Mechanism in the gas sector to be established by bilateral agreements between the EU and third countries. This mechanism shall provide for an early evaluation of potential risks related to the supply and demand of natural gas as well as the prevention of, and rapid reaction to, an emergency situation or to any threat of such a situation.
Amendment 63 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 13 – paragraph 3 a (new)
Article 13 – paragraph 3 a (new)
Amendment 71 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 12 a (new)
Recital 12 a (new)
(12a) EU investment in indigenous production and infrastructure should be backed by efforts of the Member States and the Commission to promote within the EU neighbourhood, in cooperation with third countries, the extension of the principles and norms of the internal market as stipulated in the Energy Charter Treaty. The Commission should consider extending the European Energy Community, comprising the EU and the countries of South-Eastern Europe, to other third countries, as appropriate, and creating new regional energy markets modelled thereon, such as a Euro- Mediterranean energy community, to ensure security of supply.
Amendment 99 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 30
Recital 30
(30) Since gas supplies from third countries are central to the security of gas supply of the Community, tUnion, the Commission should include an "energy security clause” in trade, association, and partnership and cooperation agreements with producer and transit countries. The Commission should coordinate the actions with regard to third countries, working with producer and transit countries on arrangements to handle crisis situations and to ensure a stable gas flow to the CommunityUnion. The Commission should be entitled to deploy a task force to monitor gas flows in crisis situations within and, in consultation with the third countries involved, outside the CommunityUnion and, where a crisis arises due to difficulties in a third country, to assume a mediation and facilitation role through the Vice-President of the Commission/High Representative.
Amendment 109 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1
Article 1
This Regulation establishes measures aimed at safeguarding the security of gas supply so as toby ensureing the proper and continuous functioning of the internal market for gas and establishing exceptional measures to be implemented when the market can no longer deliver the required gas supplies by providing for a clear definition and attribution of responsibilities and for a coordination of the response at the level of the Member States and the CommunityUnion regarding both preventive action and the reaction to concrete disruptions of supply or serious and reliable threats of such disruptions in the spirit of solidarity between the Member States.
Amendment 145 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 4 a (new)
Article 3 – paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. The Commission shall implement the measures provided for in this Regulation. The measures shall include the biennial risk assessment, the continuous monitoring of security of gas supply as well as the establishment of Preventive and Emergency Action Plans at Union level.
Amendment 219 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 3
Article 5 – paragraph 3
3. The Preventive Action Plan shall take into account economic effectiveness, effects on the functioning of the internal energy market and environmental impact, environmental impact and all relevant international developments, particularly in major supply and transit countries.
Amendment 330 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 2
Article 8 – paragraph 2
2. The natural gas undertakings, the relevant organisations representing the interests of household and industrial customers and the regulatory authority, where it is not the Competent Authority, shall cooperate and provide all necessary information for the risk assessment. nd impact assessment including geopolitical risks.
Amendment 350 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 1 – point 8 a (new)
Article 9 – paragraph 1 – point 8 a (new)
(8a) Describe the mechanisms used to activate the mediation with the third countries concerned;
Amendment 355 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 2 – point 3
Article 9 – paragraph 2 – point 3
(3) Emergency level (Emergency): when an exceptionally high demand occurs or when there is a disruption of the supply through or from the largest infrastructure or source andor there is a credible risk that the supply standard to the protected customers can no longer be met with market based instruments alone.
Amendment 397 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 10 – paragraph 1
Article 10 – paragraph 1
1. The Commission mayshall declare a CommunityUnion Emergency at the request of one Competent Authority or when the CommunityUnion loses more than 10% of its daily gas import from third countries as calculated by ENTSO-G. It shall declare a CommunityUnion Emergency where more than one Competent Authority has declared Emergency following the verification in accordance with Article 9(6). It mayshall declare a CommunityUnion Emergency for specifically affected geographical regions comprising more than one Member State.
Amendment 489 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 13 – paragraph 2 a (new)
Article 13 – paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. The Commission shall establish a system of continuous monitoring and reporting of security of gas supply including the following measures: (a) preparation of annual reports concerning observance of the rules governing the internal market in the energy sector, notably as regards transparency and compliance with EU competition law by third-country companies, especially main suppliers, together with all of their subsidiaries; (b) assessment of the impact of vertically integrated energy companies from third countries on the internal market and implementation of the principle of reciprocity; (c) application of appropriate measures designed to prevent uncontrolled investment by state-owned foreign companies in the EU's energy sector, in particular the gas and electricity transmission networks; (d) monitoring of contracts for natural gas concluded between Member States and third countries as regards their conformity with the EU internal market rules. The Commission shall enforce the abolition of any clauses having the effect of a destination clause in so far as they are prohibited by EU law.